Oskar Sala

2022 - 7 - 17

Post cover — Image courtesy of "The Hindu"

Google Doodle celebrates electronic music composer and German ... (The Hindu)

Google honours the 'one-man orchestra' Oskar Sala on 112th birth anniversary.

“With his dedication and creative energy, he became a one-man orchestra,” the post adds. In 1995, he donated his original mixture-trautonium to the German Museum for Contemporary Technology. “When Sala first heard about a device called the trautonium, he became fascinated by the tonal possibilities and the technology the instrument offered.

Oskar Sala: Why a Google Doodle is celebrating the German ... (iNews)

The illustration shows Sala playing the instrument he developed, the Mixtur-Trautonium – a precursor to the synthesiser.

In June 1930 he and Hindemith gave a public performance at the Berliner Musikhochschule Hall called “Neue Musik Berlin 1930″ to introduce the instrument. Sala’s most recognisable musical work comes in the form of film scores. The illustration shows Sala playing the instrument he developed, the Mixtur-Trautonium – a precursor to the synthesiser.

Oskar Sala: Who is today's Google Doodle? The German Physicist ... (The Scotsman)

Pioneer of electronic music Oskar Sala, the composer of famous movies like 'The Birds' (1963), was born today 112 years ago (1910). Who is today's Google ...

In 1995, it was reported that Sala donated his original mixture-trautonium to the German Museum for Contemporary Technology and built other instruments including the Concert Trautonium, the Volkstrautonium and the Quartett-Trautonium. Sala became famous for developing and mastering the ‘mixture-trautonium’ in 1936, which imparted a unique sound to movies, television, and radio. Dubbed the pioneer of electronic music, Sala reportedly was surrounded by music since birth with a mother who was a singer and a father who, despite being an ophthalmologist, was also a musical talent.

Oskar Sala: Why Google honours him today (Aljazeera.com)

Sala was an innovative electronic music composer and physicist recognised for his invention of mixture trautonium.

And two years later, he started working on his final invention, the mixture trautonium – a polyphonic version of the original instrument. Then, in 1946, after the end of World War II, 36-year-old Sala returned to his laboratory in Berlin. Sala focused on mastering the trautonium and developing it further, and this later inspired his studies. Sala went on to work for more than 400 films. HERE'S A VIDEO OF OSKAR SALA ROCKING OUT ON IT IN 1991 TO HELP YOU GET THROUGH HUMP DAY 🔘pic.twitter.com/hFXA9iEMR2 Sala quickly became fascinated by the possibilities of this invention.

Google Doodle celebrates German composer, physicist Oskar Sala (UPI.com)

Monday's Google Doodle celebrates what would have been the 112th birthday of German physicist and electronic music composer Oskar Sala.

Who Was Oskar Sala? Google Doodle Celebrates Music Pioneer (Newsweek)

Google remembers "one-man orchestra" Oskar Sala, whose synthesizer precursor was used in Alfred Hitchcock film "The Birds."

He composed music and created sound effects for a string of German films, and in the early 60s was hired by legendary director Alfred Hitchcock to use his mixture-trautonium to create the sound effects for The Birds, creating bird cries and noises like hammering and slamming windows. Black crows in the two top corners of the picture seem to nod toward his work on The Birds. His studies in electronic engineering, physics, and composition led him to create his own instrument that he called the mixture-trautonium in 1948.

Oskar Sala: who is German physicist and composer being ... (NationalWorld)

Get all of the latest People news from NationalWorld. Providing fresh perspective online for news across the UK.

Sala performed classic piano concerts as a teenager and, in 1929, he moved to Berlin where he further pursued his interest in music by studying piano and composition at the Berlin Conservatory with composer and violist Paul Hindesmith. Sala became determined to master the instrument and to develop it even further - a determination that inspired his studies in physics and composition at school. After the second World War, Sala developed the mixture trautonium, which included two manuals and pedals. Over the course of his career, Sala received a number of awards for his compositions, including Best Music Award at the Industrial Film Festival in Berlin for the soundtrack to Der Facher and the Gold Filmband in 1987 for his work across more than 400 films. In 1995, Sala donated his original mixture trautonium to the German Museum for Contemporary Technology and in 2000 he donated his estate to the Deutsches Museum. He specialised in the further development of the trautonium, studying physics at the University of Berlin in order to widen his knowledge of mathematics and natural sciences.